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Good morning Beehaw it is currently 5:30 am in the morning here in Australia Nov 9 2024.
It may not be morning where you are but it is always morning somewhere on Earth. Plus this chat is more of a vibe. Have you been doing any hobbies lately or discovered a new tv show? Maybe you worked on something and want to share it or you recently found something you are passionate about?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I've been making YouTube videos/streaming in my spare time for the past year.

I feel like most of my stuff is not great, but I've been trying to take the approach of "doing anything is better than being a perfectionist and doing nothing". So that's been pretty fun. It's cool when you do make something and can look back and say "I like that one!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Please consider mirroring your content to peer tube or maybe even streaming there exclusively just to help break the grip of YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is a good idea I did go to odysee for a little bit but deleted it after realizing it was full of fascists and crypto bros. Peertube sounds like a good alternative do you have any instances that you would recommend?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Not particularly, no. Although I do use Odyssey, because there are at least some channels that were on YouTube that I watch from there, such as Scott Manley, talking about rockets. And I think undecided or something like that is on there as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I haven't heard of this before, I'll have to check it out!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nice my advice with youtube/streaming is just do what you enjoy as long as you like what you are doing. It is better to be passionate than to be a slave to the algorithm.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That makes sense! I feel like I'm always a bit caught in a catch 22 because I get that sweet, sweet dopamine hit when a video does well lol.

But yeah for the most part I'm just doing what I want to, and it's sometimes working out and sometimes not.

For a while in September, I was on track to hit 2k subscribers in a year, and then suddenly I fell off. The algorithm/viewer are a mysterious beast haha. So I'll keep going as long as I'm having fun

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Understandable I think I am at 300 though I don't let a number dictate what content I make. I actually have rules I have set for myself when making videos. Rule 1 do not ask for people to like or subscribe let them decide for themselves. Rule 2 If I got bored in the middle of making a video and decide its not worth it I will just not do the video since I only like working on stuff I enjoy regardless of the algorithm. Rule 3 is no video 10 minutes or over which was to prevent mid-roll ads though I found out recently its actually 8 minutes before they do those. So I have 1 or two videos at around 8 to 9 mins before I knew that. I actually was recording a minecraft video that was speed up of me just playing it. But I deleted it before uploading it because I realized it was kind of boring especially since I don't speak in my videos so it would just be random minecraft gameplay.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Btw I forgot to ask what is your channel?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It's https://youtube.com/@forestkanagawa?si=WuSFwnLbC2Nw86cD

Nothing too exciting. Mostly, just live streaming and gaming